Spring Poems Twenty Rounds
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花のかを風のたよりにたぐへてぞ鶯さそふしるべにはやる
| hana no ka o kaze no tayori ni taguete zo uguisu sasou shirube ni wa yaru | The blossoms’ scent Messaged on the breeze Brings An invitation to the warbler To try and bring him forth! |
Ki no Tomonori
1[1]
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谷かぜにとくる氷のひまごとにうちいづる波や春の初花
| tani kaze ni tokuru kōri no hima goto ni uchi’izuru nami ya haru no hatsuhana | In the valley breeze The melting ice From every crack Bursts forth in waves—are they The first blooms of spring? |
Minamoto no Masazumi
2[2]
[1] Kokinshū I: 13; Kokin rokujō I: 385
[2] Kokinshū I: 12